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1977ref. 154931N.p.: CIC 1977. Vintage British Quad poster for the UK release of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein Robert De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Director Elia Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in Hollywood. 39.75 x 29.75 inches Folded as issued. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. CIC unknown books
1958ref. 160487Los Angeles: CBS Television Network 1958. Vintage reference photograph of Robert Ryan and Jeanne Crain from Season 2 Episode 39 "The Great Gatsby" of the anthology television series. The Emmy Award winning series "Playhouse 90." aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. Season 2 Episode 39 "The Great Gatsby" aired on CBS on June 26 1958. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. Set in New York. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. CBS Television Network unknown
1962ref. 167461Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's fourth and final novel published in 1934 about an esteemed psychiatrist who sacrifices his career to marry his patient an emotionally unstable young woman. Director Henry King's final film. Set and shot on location in France Italy and Switzerland. 10 x 8 inches. One Fine one Near Fine with light wear to the finish. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1922ref. 158284Beverly Hills CA: Warner Brothers 1922. Set of three vintage hand-tinted lobby cards for the 1922 film. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 novel. A young husband and wife spend money with aplomb anticipating a large payout once the man's grandfather dies. When the patriarch passes away and they discover they have been left nothing in his will. Considered today to be a lost film. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus some with pinholes to the corners lightly and evenly toned. Warner Brothers unknown
1978ref. 160490N.p.: N.p. 1978. Collection of vintage international promotional materials for the 1974 film. Included in the collection are: - 1974 Japanese Film Program handbill printed on recto and verso text in Japanese. An Israeli Orly Theater flyer for a week of screenings of the film in 1977 text in Hebrew. - French film festival card recto and verso for the film text in French. - Bi-fold promotion for a special preview screening of the film on March 19 1974 a week before the April 27 1974 premiere at the Lowes State I theater in New York with an enclosed ticket stub. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. While the film received a mixed reception from critics it was nevertheless praised for its lavish costumes and decadent set design. Winner of two Academy Awards. Set in New York shot on location in New York Rhode Island and in England. Japanese Program 7 x 10 inches printed on recto and verso. Very Good plus. Israeli Orly Theater flyer 12.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear. French Film Festival card 5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lowes State I Special Preview promotion 3.25 x 6.25 inches Bi-fold. Near Fine with a Near Fine ticket stub. N.p. unknown
1976ref. 172538N.p.: Cinema International 1976. Collection of fourteen vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 film. With mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and a Cinema International stamp on the versos. Based on the 1941 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A studio executive during the golden age of Hollywood tries to prevent unionization on his movie sets and has an affair with an engaged actress. Nominated for one Academy Award. Set in Hollywood. Twelve photographs 8 x 10 inches two photographs trimmed 10 x 7 inches. About Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. Weldon 1983. Cinema International unknown
1976ref. 161517N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage reference photograph of actor Robert De Niro director Elia Kazan and producer Sam Spiegel on the set of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Set and shot on location in Hollywood. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 154931N.p.: CIC 1977. Vintage British Quad poster for the UK release of the 1976 film. Based on the unfinished 1941 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A tribute to early cinema wherein Robert De Niro plays a movie producer who nearly works himself to death. Director Elia Kazan's final directorial effort and notably the only film with De Niro and Jack Nicholson in a joint screen appearance. Nominated for an Academy Award. Set in and shot on location in Hollywood. 39.75 x 29.75 inches Folded as issued. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du cinema. CIC unknown
1970ref. 140743N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Beans is the chauffeur secret agent Jedediah Norris a beautiful young woman who is in graduate school and adopted from Vietnam during the war by her father a black man named Tom Callahan. She is also a gourmet chef and is in desperate love with her boss but he only seems to notice her when she goofs. All the while she is an aspiring television star hoping to work in show business one day. Set in San Francisco. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ezra Bowen. 26 leaves with last page of text numbered 25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 140743N.p.: N.p. 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Beans is the chauffeur secret agent Jedediah Norris a beautiful young woman who is in graduate school and adopted from Vietnam during the war by her father a black man named Tom Callahan. She is also a gourmet chef and is in desperate love with her boss but he only seems to notice her when she goofs. All the while she is an aspiring television star hoping to work in show business one day. Set in San Francisco. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Ezra Bowen. 26 leaves with last page of text numbered 25. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1996ref. 170742N.p.: N.p. 1996. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the 1996 film showing Ewan McGregor drinking with his friends. Director Danny Boyle's second and best-known film an adaptation of the acclaimed 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh a darkly comic examination of the life of a heroin addict trying desperately to extract himself from his habit and the accompanying lifestyle. McGregor rose to international stardom on the strength of his performance as the lead Mark Renton and would return for the sequel "T2 Trainspotting" released in 2017. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1996ref. 170742N.p.: N.p. 1996. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the 1996 film showing Ewan McGregor drinking with his friends. Director Danny Boyle's second and best-known film an adaptation of the acclaimed 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh a darkly comic examination of the life of a heroin addict trying desperately to extract himself from his habit and the accompanying lifestyle. McGregor rose to international stardom on the strength of his performance as the lead Mark Renton and would return for the sequel "T2 Trainspotting" released in 2017. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1968ref. 146438Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a note typed on casting agent Paul Kohner's office letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to actor Charles Bronson. The note is paper-clipped to a four page typed synopsis of the unproduced film "The Last Jump" which is also mentioned in the note. Based on noted South Carolinian humorist William Price Fox's 1967 novel following a pair of mischievous teenage boys trying to scrape together enough money to buy a car-encountering bootleggers revivalist preachers loan sharks and other figureheads of southern life in the 20th century along the way. Set in Columbia South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 109 dated April 22 1968 with credits for screenwriter Everett Freeman and novelist William Price Fox. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968ref. 146438Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a note typed on casting agent Paul Kohner's office letterhead introducing the screenplay addressed to actor Charles Bronson. The note is paper-clipped to a four page typed synopsis of the unproduced film "The Last Jump" which is also mentioned in the note. Based on noted South Carolinian humorist William Price Fox's 1967 novel following a pair of mischievous teenage boys trying to scrape together enough money to buy a car-encountering bootleggers revivalist preachers loan sharks and other figureheads of southern life in the 20th century along the way. Set in Columbia South Carolina. Blue titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 109 dated April 22 1968 with credits for screenwriter Everett Freeman and novelist William Price Fox. Title page integral with the front wrapper as issued. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 134. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1975ref. 117917N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. Vintage as assembled mostly from xerographically duplicated leaves with two leaves pp. 138 and 139 being ribbon copy. Written as a screenplay with dialogue and location information but lacking camera direction typical of a draft that is past the treatment stage but prior to the advanced draft screenplay stage. This would appear to have no relation to the later produced adaptation of the same novel director Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things" 2003. Based on the 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh about the dissolute lives of aristocrats and socialites living in postwar London. Pink wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated September 1975 noted as Amended first draft with credits for screenwriter John Wells and author Evelyn Waugh. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 117917N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for an unproduced film. Vintage as assembled mostly from xerographically duplicated leaves with two leaves pp. 138 and 139 being ribbon copy. Written as a screenplay with dialogue and location information but lacking camera direction typical of a draft that is past the treatment stage but prior to the advanced draft screenplay stage. This would appear to have no relation to the later produced adaptation of the same novel director Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things" 2003. Based on the 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh about the dissolute lives of aristocrats and socialites living in postwar London. Pink wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated September 1975 noted as Amended first draft with credits for screenwriter John Wells and author Evelyn Waugh. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 167. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
ref. 149074Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film. Uncredited makeup artist Rick Schwartz's copy with his ownership name on the title page in manuscript link and with penciled check marks throughout relating to close-ups in the film. Secretarial notation of supervising producer Irwin Allen's name on the title page. A stunt-heavy 1970s powerhouse designed to capitalize on the enormous success of the 1971 film "Evel Knievel" but with this entry featuring inimitable motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel as himself. Also cast are Gene Kelly as his alcoholic mechanic and Leslie Nielsen as a power-hungry Mexican drug lord. Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico unaware that a drug cartel intends to kill him and use his tour bus to smuggle hundreds of kilos of cocaine. Set in California and Mexico shot on location in Monterey Park Burbank and Long Beach California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated February 13 1976 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Antonio Santillan sic. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
ref. 149074Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1976. Final Shooting script for the 1977 film. Uncredited makeup artist Rick Schwartz's copy with his ownership name on the title page in manuscript link and with penciled check marks throughout relating to close-ups in the film. Secretarial notation of supervising producer Irwin Allen's name on the title page. A stunt-heavy 1970s powerhouse designed to capitalize on the enormous success of the 1971 film "Evel Knievel" but with this entry featuring inimitable motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel as himself. Also cast are Gene Kelly as his alcoholic mechanic and Leslie Nielsen as a power-hungry Mexican drug lord. Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico unaware that a drug cartel intends to kill him and use his tour bus to smuggle hundreds of kilos of cocaine. Set in California and Mexico shot on location in Monterey Park Burbank and Long Beach California. Yellow titled wrappers rubber-stamped FINAL on the front wrapper. Title page present dated February 13 1976 noted as SHOOTING FINAL with credits for screenwriter Antonio Santillan sic. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1958ref. 153663Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Archive of six Revised Draft scripts for the 1958 three-part television episode originally aired on June 25 1958 on NBC. Collection includes three scripts noted as Acts I-III and one script duplicate of Act I only and two scripts compiling all three acts. Also included are two typescript pages noting story outlines for a proposed "87th Precinct" television series. Each script signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen and three scripts with manuscript pencil and ink annotations by Cohen throughout noting deletions and substantive revisions. "Kraft Theatre" was a dramatic anthology television series which aired on NBC from 1947 to 1958. In this episode loosely based on Ed McBain's "87th Precinct" novel series a solitary widow whose frequent calls to the police to report a burglar are usually ignored turns up dead in her apartment. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Set and shot on location in New York. Act I Revised Script with pencil annotation on the front wrapper: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered I-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with the last leaf detached from the binding partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Act II Revised Script: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered II-68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Act III Revised Script: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered III-103. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Act I Revised Script with no pencil annotation on the front wrapper: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered I-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Complete script: Lacking wrappers and title page possibly as issued. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered III-136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Revised complete script: Lacking and title page possibly as issued. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered III-87. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1958ref. 153663Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1958. Archive of six Revised Draft scripts for the 1958 three-part television episode originally aired on June 25 1958 on NBC. Collection includes three scripts noted as Acts I-III and one script duplicate of Act I only and two scripts compiling all three acts. Also included are two typescript pages noting story outlines for a proposed "87th Precinct" television series. Each script signed by screenwriter Larry Cohen and three scripts with manuscript pencil and ink annotations by Cohen throughout noting deletions and substantive revisions. "Kraft Theatre" was a dramatic anthology television series which aired on NBC from 1947 to 1958. In this episode loosely based on Ed McBain's "87th Precinct" novel series a solitary widow whose frequent calls to the police to report a burglar are usually ignored turns up dead in her apartment. An early venture for screenwriter Larry Cohen who would go on to write Blaxploitation films "Bone" 1972 "Black Caesar" 1973 and "Hell Up in Harlem" 1973 as well as several popular horror and science fiction films including "It's Alive" 1974 "God Told Me To" 1976 and "The Stuff" 1985. Set and shot on location in New York. Act I Revised Script with pencil annotation on the front wrapper: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered I-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with the last leaf detached from the binding partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Act II Revised Script: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 43 leaves with last page of text numbered II-68. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Act III Revised Script: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered III-103. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Act I Revised Script with no pencil annotation on the front wrapper: Self wrappers. Title page present noted as REVISED dated 6/17/58 with credits for screenwriter Larry Cohen. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 30 leaves with last page of text numbered I-24. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Complete script: Lacking wrappers and title page possibly as issued. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered III-136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. Revised complete script: Lacking and title page possibly as issued. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered III-87. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine partially bound with a single staple to the top left corner. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown
1969ref. 162110West Germany: Rank-Cinerama 1969. Vintage program for the 1969 German film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A woman has a mental breakdown after witnessing a man being violently attacked by a dog leaving her with strange effects on her sexuality. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Fine. Rank-Cinerama unknown books
1952ref. 135967Los Angeles: Vanguard Films 1952. Report and Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Script notes Jennifer Jones as recommendation for the titular role. The events of the life of first lady of Argentina Eva Perón. Red titled wrappers noted as Report and Synopsis on the front wrapper with credits for screenwriter David Weiss. 17 leaves with last page of text numbered 17. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine unbound. Vanguard Films unknown books
1989ref. 159710San Francisco: Klub Komotion 1989. Vintage flyer for a 1989 film screening at San Francisco's Klub Komotion held on December 2 1989. In addition to the screening the flyer advertises poetry by Q.R. Hand accompanied by Lewis Jordan on sax and music by Fuzz Factor. Based on the 1950 French novel "La Rue Cases-Nègres" by Joseph Zobel. Set in 1930s Martinique a young boy José living in a shanty village succeeds in his studies allowing him to attend school in the capital but his scholarship only covers a fraction of the tuition. Set in and shot on location in Martinique France. Q.R. Hand Jr. was an acclaimed poet and community health worker in the Mission District of San Francisco. He published three books of poetry "I Speak to the Poet in Man" 1985 "How Sweet It Is" 1996 and Whose Really Blues" 2008. Lewis Jordan is a musician poet actor and playwright and a founding member of United Front a seminal San Francisco Bay Area Ensemble. Fuzz Factor was a marimba driven rock project active in the Bay Area in the late 190s and early 1990s. Klub Komotion was a popular punk and alternative San Francisco nightclub located at 2779 Sixteenth Street during the 1980s and 1990s. 8.5 x 14 inches. With a few pinholes to the far corners else Near Fine. Klub Komotion unknown books
1989ref. 159710San Francisco: Klub Komotion 1989. Vintage flyer for a 1989 film screening at San Francisco's Klub Komotion held on December 2 1989. In addition to the screening the flyer advertises poetry by Q.R. Hand accompanied by Lewis Jordan on sax and music by Fuzz Factor. Based on the 1950 French novel "La Rue Cases-Nègres" by Joseph Zobel. Set in 1930s Martinique a young boy José living in a shanty village succeeds in his studies allowing him to attend school in the capital but his scholarship only covers a fraction of the tuition. Set in and shot on location in Martinique France. Q.R. Hand Jr. was an acclaimed poet and community health worker in the Mission District of San Francisco. He published three books of poetry "I Speak to the Poet in Man" 1985 "How Sweet It Is" 1996 and Whose Really Blues" 2008. Lewis Jordan is a musician poet actor and playwright and a founding member of United Front a seminal San Francisco Bay Area Ensemble. Fuzz Factor was a marimba driven rock project active in the Bay Area in the late 190s and early 1990s. Klub Komotion was a popular punk and alternative San Francisco nightclub located at 2779 Sixteenth Street during the 1980s and 1990s. 8.5 x 14 inches. With a few pinholes to the far corners else Near Fine. Klub Komotion unknown
1968ref. 147869Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1968. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1968 film. "Film Buff's Center" stamp on the verso. Based on the 1958 novel "The Bounty Killer" by Marvin H. Albert. Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western. Mexican fugitive Jose Gomez Tomas Milian returns to his village pursued by the notorious bounty hunter Luke Chilson Richard Wyler. The debut of Milian in the Western genre. Set in Mexico shot on location in Andalucia Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light creasing near edge. Cox "10000 Ways to Die. United Artists unknown books
